Aaron Reddin spends his days serving the needs of the homeless. After working for years as a director for local shelters, he learned what homeless individuals deal with on a daily basis. That inspired him to leave his job and start his own organization* to meet their immediate needs.

“It started with just emailing all my friends and telling them to cough up the coats they had in their closet one winter and loading it down in my Toyota Yaris,” Aaron Reddin said. “Just going out and finding people that needed a hand and needed a friend. And just doing what I could from there.”

He soon realized he needed a bigger vehicle to carry all the supplies. That’s how The Van* was created. Initially, Aaron received a well-used van from a total stranger who believed in the cause. Seven days a week, The Van provides clothes and other items to those who are homeless. He has since purchased a brand new van with cash from more than 500 donors.

The work of Aaron and his team give hope to those who need assistance.

Aaron’s work has expanded and now better serves those who are not close to a shelter, and who don’t have access to quality food.

“We’re about bringing dignity with stuff. So we said hey let’s start a garden. Let’s just start a garden and see what happens.”

“Never really thought it would turn into chickens and bees and all kinds of other things.”

As the garden grows, this food provides dozens of meals every night to the people “The Van” serves.

Aaron knows the work is hard, but it hasn’t stopped him from trying to achieve his vision.

“My end goal is to work ourselves out of business. I would love for there to be no reason for this to exist because we did it,” Reddin said.

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